Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 1, 2010

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The States Of War (OP Chart) -- New York Times

SO far in 2010, the story from the battlefields is one of continued gradual progress in Iraq, some headway in Pakistan and uncertainty in Afghanistan. The other big headline is that United States force totals in Afghanistan now exceed those in Iraq for the first time since early 2003.

Iraq is of course still complex, but mostly in regard to the political situation, not the military one. Despite incidents like the coordinated bombings last month that killed more than 100 Iraqis around the country, security trends are improving even as United States forces accelerate their drawdown.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Israel Can Win Every Battle but Still Lose the War -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine

The flotilla fiasco -- Washington Post editorial

Gaza Raid Spells End of Turkish-Israeli Alliance -- Daniel Steinvorth, Spiegel Online

Flotillas and the Wars of Public Opinion
-- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor

Washington feels heat over Iran fuel deal -- Gareth Porter, Asia Times

Burma's nuke plans problematic for Asia -- China Post editorial

Kyrgyzstan: Democratic Change It's Not -- Borut Grgic, New York Times

Getting Past the Blame Game on Afghan Corruption -- Zalmay Khalilzad & John Sullivan, Real Clear World

Guantanamo here to stay?
-- J.D. Gordon, Washington Times

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I note on the flotailla mess that an ex amassador --ed peck--was among those captured and released by Israel. Check him at Wikipedia and you will see that he says Hezbollah is no more terrorist group than is the United States!